alveolar sac
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002169
The small terminal dilation of the alveolar ducts around which the alveoli form pocket-like clusters. [ MP:0010902 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_sac ]
Synonyms: pulmonary alveolar sac, sacculus alveolaris
Term info
- Wikipedia:Alveolar_sac
- FMA:7317
- EMAPA:35119
- UMLS:C0225691 (ncithesaurus:Alveolar_Sac)
- NCIT:C32057
- BTO:0000061
- MA:0000418
- SCTID:361964007
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
air sac
UBERON:0008871
uberon
UBERON:0002169
Alveolar sac
Term relations
- lung epithelium
- respiratory tube
- epithelial sac
- part of some pulmonary acinus
- contributes to morphology of some pulmonary acinus
- part of some alveolar system